Bristol COM+ Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for COM+ (COM Plus) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited COM+ over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

COM+ (COM Plus)
Location Basingstoke Bristol Cheshire City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester North West Sevenoaks South East Surrey UK Uxbridge West Midlands	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	-	58
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.690 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£277	£329
% change on same period last year	-15.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.00
Average hourly rate	-	£42.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.00	£39.95
% change on same period last year	-2.37 %
Application Development Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	161	145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.323 %	0.181 %
Daily rates quoted	63	30
Average minimum daily rate	£253	£312
Average daily rate	£280	£332
% change on same period last year	-15.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£306	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£334
% change on same period last year	-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.67	£30.82
Average hourly rate	£36.29	£34.31
% change on same period last year	+5.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.91	£37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.48	£31.45
% change on same period last year	-9.45 %
COM+ South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

COM+
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing COM+ across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

COM+
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing COM+ across the Bristol region.

COM+
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing COM+ across the Bristol region.